SELL Journal
Vol 4 No 1 (2019): SELL Journal

An error analysis of using auxiliary verb in Islamic mathematical complex questions made by mathematics department students

Dibdyaningsih , Haris (Unknown)
Sudarso, Hendra (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Jan 2020

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to describe students’ error in applying auxiliary verb in writing Islamic Mathematical complex Questions. The participants were nine Mathematics department students of STKIP Al Hikmah who took English for writing course on the third semester. One of the purposes of this course is the students could compose a good Islamic Mathematical complex Questions using a proper grammar. To reach the purpose of this course, the students are equipped with compilation of English mathematical complex questions in Bahasa. For passing the course as the project they must create minimum 50 questions of Islamic Mathematics complex Questions based on the topic in VIII Grade of Junior High School. The study was conducted in descriptive quantitative research design. The data were taken from students’ work composing Islamic Mathematics complex Questions. Auxiliary verb which are investigated on this study are ‘am, is, are, was, were, have, has, and had’. The result of the study proves that most students were not capable in applying auxiliary verbs in their writing, forget which the appropriate auxiliary and still need to improve their ability to divine the appropriate auxiliary verbs. Furthermore, it proves that they are able to create Mathematical complex with Islamic Integration.

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Journal Info

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SL

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

SELL journal seek multidisciplinary contribution from the lecturers, researchers, students, and also all the practitioners in the field of English language teaching, linguistics, and literature. There are several sub-themes (but not limited to): 1. The development of technology in language teaching ...